Example sentences of "[pron] [is] [v-ing] for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One quality of backbench life which is distracting for those with a professional or commercial training is that it lacks coherence , and there is an aimlessness which is debilitating . |
| 2 | There are many signs that Ian Smith himself is seeking for this guidance . |
| 3 | or somebody 's looking for this or somebody 's looking for that |
| 4 | or somebody 's looking for this or somebody 's looking for that |
| 5 | Julie says she was never told about the risk of toxoplasmosis … and she 's calling for all pregnant women to be screened for the infection : |
| 6 | ‘ I expect she 's looking for another husband , ’ she said . |
| 7 | And now she 's seen Prince Harry safely off to boarding school , she 's asking for more . |
| 8 | She makes a sort of crackling noise which I 've never been able to explain : it may be contentment — or perhaps she 's asking for more . |
| 9 | She 's crying for many |
| 10 | If she 's crying for some other reason like because we 've been quarrelling and she wants to make up but does n't know how to I just put my arms round her and cuddle her and let her cry it out . |
| 11 | Who 's Screwing Who — Who 's Paying For All This ? |
| 12 | Who 's paying for all this . |
| 13 | Who 's paying for all this ? |
| 14 | Who 's paying for all this ? |
| 15 | She is saving for another trip , probably in an informal group of friends . |
| 16 | Meyer has her sights on McColgan again Harry Pincott meets Elana Meyer , who is hoping for more success in the World Cross-Country Championships |
| 17 | But there is a more even division in the contest for the deputy leadership , with 13 nominating Margaret Beckett , seven John Prescott , and three Bryan Gould , who is running for both jobs . |
| 18 | In the light of their two powerful flashlights visibility was all that could be wished for and it took them only two minutes to carry out their examination : unless one is looking for some obscure mechanical fault there is very little to look for in an engine-room . |
| 19 | The gain in precision by taking two biopsy samples compared with one is striking for both methods ; this effect is because of variation between biopsy specimens within subjects . |
| 20 | A man who advertised for a woman to live on a desert island with him is looking for another female travelling companion to repeat the trip . |
| 21 | I mean and everybody 's looking for that dream amount are n't they . |
| 22 | I wonder what time what they call it 's coming for that ? |
| 23 | The consensus among observers has been that IBM Corp will find it needs to cut many more than the 25,000 positions it is targeting for this year , so there was little surprise when both the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal last week came out with independent stories saying the cuts would go much higher . |
| 24 | It is degrading for both parties , and makes any serious or intimate conversation impossible . |
| 25 | He jibed that ‘ maybe it is waiting for some cross-shareholding agreements ’ with Bundespost Telekom . |
| 26 | But it is heading for another record if the local newspapers are to be believed : that for sweatshops employing cheap , illegal , mainly female and immigrant workers who assemble the micro-electronics parts . |
| 27 | He is looking for that quality which you must allow me to call ‘ modernity ’ ; for I know of no better word to express the idea I have in mind . |
| 28 | Their daughter , Shelagh , has moved to Belfast where she has a job in an office but her younger brother , Sean helps here and there on the farm while he is looking for some other work , sadly without too much hope , since there is already much unemployment in the towns . |
| 29 | He is looking for any ambiguous opportunity to take his gun and do the worst . |
| 30 | He is calling for more funds to reduce waiting lists . |